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PhD candidate John Harris won third place at the Velocity Graduate Student Fund finals, a contest in which graduate students competed for an opportunity to win funds to help them develop their research projects into businesses. The finals are thanks to a generous contribution by alumnus Sam Pasupalak.

Ever wonder why people seem to be ignoring your emails?

The first formalized study of “email deferral” in the workplace, conducted by a University of Waterloo PhD candidate, outlines the primary reasons people tend to put off responding to online correspondence.

On March 28, 2019, final-year computer science and software engineering students gathered in the Davis Centre’s Great Hall to participate in the 2019 Computer Science and Software Engineering Capstone Design Symposium. 

The Faculty of Mathematics recognizes six graduate students for their outstanding research papers. Andrew Giuliani in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Stefan Sremac in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, Ruizhang Jin in the Department of Pure Mathematics, Rui Qiao in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, and Nik Unger and Ahmed Alquraan from the David R.

Professor Robin Cohen is one of four faculty members to receive a 2019 Distinguished Teacher Award, the University of Waterloo’s most prestigious honour for teaching excellence. The Distinguished Teacher Awards will be presented by Mario Coniglio, associate vice-president, academic, at the June convocation ceremony.

PhD student Caelan Wang, is a recipient of an Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student for 2019. Four awards are given annually in recognition of excellence in teaching of all kinds by registered students (e.g., teaching assistant, laboratory demonstrator, sessional lecturer). The Selection Committee considers intellectual vigour and communication skills in the interpretation and presentation of subject matter.

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science congratulates the University of Waterloo Team, consisting of Ryan Goldford, Jasmine Sirohi, Adaijah Wilson, and Jillian Zhu Ge, for winning the 2019 Munich Re Cup. Read the full story.

Professor Daniel Vogel has received a 2018 Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award from CS-Can/Info-Can.

Originally built as a way to secure cryptocurrency transactions, blockchain is a digital platform that verifies and records exchanges. Blockchains are global networks that can have millions of users, each adding information or data that is secured through cryptography. This creates an indisputable history of these transactions that cannot be modified by a single user, eliminating opportunities for fraud, and it is this feature that has some heralding blockchain as a way of increasing cybersecurity.

A University of Waterloo researcher has spearheaded the development of the first computational model of the human kidney.

The new model will allow scientists to gain better insights into how new drugs that target the kidney, such as diabetes medication, may work. It will also enable researchers to better learn about the functions of the kidney, including the how the organ regulates the body's salt, potassium, acid content without having to employ invasive procedure on a patient.